Guatemala will purchase six Brazilian military aircraft Super Tucano, radars and other equipment to combat the narcotics trade traffic of which the Central American country is considered a crucial link between South America and the United States.

Finance minister Luis Velasquez said on Friday that the Central bank had authorized the government to complete the proceedings for the 170 million dollars credit to finance the operation.

“The bill requesting approval for the two credits, 133.3 million dollars with the Bank of Brazil and 33.4 million with a private Spanish bank has already been sent to Congress”, revealed Velazquez.